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The First in Twelve Years: The Death of Roland Ratzenberger

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Aidan Millward

Aidan Millward

Күн бұрын

Roland's death is almost always overshadowed by the death of Ayrton Senna the following day. An accident that sent the entire motorsport world and his home nation of Brazil into mourning.
But the day before Ayrton's accident, Roland Ratzenberger in only his third Grand Prix weekend, suffered a front wing failure and crashed at the Villeneuve kink, becoming F1's first fatality during a race weekend since 1982.
Some have been asking what happened to the Austrian, so I've put this one together for those people.
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@charamia9402
@charamia9402 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving a proper dive into Ratzenberger. This is the first video I've seen that actually go into what exactly happened and who Ratzenberger was. I always find it kind of odd, yet logical although unfair (weird mix) that Ratzenbergers accident is always mentioned as an afterthought to Senna. Senna was one of the F1 greats. Ratzenberger never got the chance to strive for that recognition.
@DjDolHaus86
@DjDolHaus86 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it's always mentioned as a footnote when discussing Senna's accident which I find kind of odd, it should be its own story along with Barrichellos big shunt. The whole weekend is kind of swept under the rug when a body count like that was insane outside of the early 70s
@clansome
@clansome Жыл бұрын
@charamia9402 I couldn't have put it better myself. I remember that weekend so, so well, the irony being that I was away on holiday for the weekend and didn't find out about either death until much later on the Sunday. Everyone has postulated, theorised etc about Senna's crash but no one to the best of my knowledge has covered Ratzenberger's. Thanks as ever @Aidan Millward
@soundscape26
@soundscape26 Жыл бұрын
@@DjDolHaus86 Even the start of the race was a mess, with Pedro Lamy ramming a stationary JJ Lehto, which sent debris flying over the fence. Cursed is the word that better describes the whole weekend.
@charamia9402
@charamia9402 Жыл бұрын
@@clansome I wasn't all that into F1 back then, but I have this distant memory of watching a race at my cousins and we (8-12 year olds) got bored and walked away and hearing on the news later that a driver died. Watching Schumachers breakdown at his 41st win got me researching and ultimately connecting the dots.
@charamia9402
@charamia9402 Жыл бұрын
@@soundscape26 Wasn't there some injured pit crew by a flying tyre or something as well? That weekend was ... something else.
@quietbatperson3115
@quietbatperson3115 Жыл бұрын
I watched it as a 9 year old in my parents' motor caravan with my Dad. I remember him telling me that it was a big one and that it didn't look good for Roland. He told me later that afternoon that he'd died. 24 hours later, we had the same conversations. Then he told me that Senna (my idol) was dead. When I think of Senna, I always think of Roland too. He shouldn't be forgotten - he died doing what he loved.
@invalid8774
@invalid8774 Жыл бұрын
I think while his death surely got overshadowed, the link to Senna will keep his name way more present than most other deaths in the sport.
@peterdevreter
@peterdevreter Жыл бұрын
Ratzenberger and senna are the two names forever imprinted in my brain. I saw both crashes live, even the barrichello crash. After Senna I was a crying young lad only 15 years old in my bedroom watching my philips helmet shaped crt TV. Was glued to the screen hoping senna would just get out, tap the dust of his shoulders and wave to the audience.....
@Icy_Princess
@Icy_Princess Жыл бұрын
I don't necessarily think Rolands death was forgotten. People who are into Formula 1 beyond the superficial level will never forget him and know about his tragedy just as well as Sennas tragedy a day later. However, to the broad masses he was simply an unknown figure, unlike Senna during that time, Schumacher a decade later, or Hamilton another decade later. Everybody knows who these guys are, even people who aren't into F1 much. So when Senna died everybody knew about it because he was just *that* popular even outsie of the sport. That's why I think "nobody" really talks about Roland and his unfortunate crash and why it seems it was forgotten, he simply wasn't known to that many people. But to us fans...he will never be forgotten, both his and Sennas deaths were equally tragic that fateful weekend in Imola. You go Roland, may heaven have the best of tracks for you to compete on in the afterlife ~
@AidanMillward
@AidanMillward Жыл бұрын
Roland’s always a footnote, sadly.
@chrismontgomery8611
@chrismontgomery8611 Жыл бұрын
@@AidanMillwardThis is sadly true. You will hear people talk about that weekend and Senna’s death and then oh yea Roland died that weekend as well.
@soundscape26
@soundscape26 Жыл бұрын
​@@chrismontgomery8611 I think it's basically a problem of notoriety and public perception... one was a multi champion and the other one someone with a single race entry. It's unfair but at the same time human nature. 🤷‍♂️
@tourmaline07
@tourmaline07 Жыл бұрын
@@soundscape26 Sadly I agree - Senna had the same kind of public profile as Lewis Hamilton does now and so his death would overshadow anything else that weekend.
@rigel8755
@rigel8755 Жыл бұрын
On point. And tell me if a non F1 fan that might know about Roland, knew about Elio De Angelis...
@MbTrojansurgeon
@MbTrojansurgeon Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this...such a bittersweet story. I'm an orthopedist, so believe me when I tell you that Roland likely died instantly, painlessly. And he died doing what he had always dreamed of doing. Id choose that, over dying in diapers, as so many of us do.
@demonicsquid7217
@demonicsquid7217 Жыл бұрын
To be fair that depends on what sort of diapers they are and how much leather the 'nurse' is wearing.
@MbTrojansurgeon
@MbTrojansurgeon Жыл бұрын
@@demonicsquid7217 oh that’s absolutely true!!! Classic
@pattidale7968
@pattidale7968 Жыл бұрын
@@demonicsquid7217yes indeed, the art of caring has everything to do with the caregiver loving those under her/his care and much less to do with if diapers are required or not.
@arthuralford
@arthuralford Жыл бұрын
I noticed that on the door of the car Roland was supposed to drive had the name of Jeff Krosnoff, who himself would be killed (along with a course marshal) in a racing accident at Toronto in 1996
@speedweenie7394
@speedweenie7394 Жыл бұрын
I will always remember that Toronto race. The realization as a child that I'd just watched a person die. Rip Jeff & Roland
@BrassMaster84
@BrassMaster84 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that, too. Kind of eerie.
@crazydrummer181
@crazydrummer181 Жыл бұрын
That’s a scary ass looking crash.
@danielcarter94
@danielcarter94 Жыл бұрын
The Toronto accident was horrible. I was visiting from England and went to the race and was in Thunder Alley when it happened. Never went to the Indy again once I moved to Toronto.
@T_Mo271
@T_Mo271 Жыл бұрын
The Toronto accident was very bad. (edited to remove incorrect information as pointed out by other commenters).
@AGB_HDV
@AGB_HDV Жыл бұрын
Roland won't be forgotten... This video is a nice touch to have him and his story rememberd... May is an incredibly emotional month...
@dickfitzwelliner2807
@dickfitzwelliner2807 Жыл бұрын
Why what has happened so far?
@AGB_HDV
@AGB_HDV Жыл бұрын
@@dickfitzwelliner2807 in my personal sphere, lots... It's been a tough one...
@aaronaaronsen3360
@aaronaaronsen3360 Жыл бұрын
@@AGB_HDV I'm sorry, hope it'll get better for you
@mrkipling2201
@mrkipling2201 Жыл бұрын
​@@AGB_HDVsame here. May was an awful month for me this year on a personal level. Hope things are going better for you now. They aren't for me unfortunately. Not that I'm writing this for people to say boo hoo poor me, it just helps to write stuff like this.
@CrunchyMotorsport
@CrunchyMotorsport Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest shames as well is the date of the funerals of Senna and Ratzenberger. Because they were very close to one another, many people had to choose and most went to Senna's which cause less people to go to Rolands. It is a shame that almost everything was overshadowed for him.
@tjitse3916
@tjitse3916 Жыл бұрын
If I’m not mistaking at least one of the FIA, Mosley I think, went to Ratzenberger’s funeral….because all others went to Senna’s. They didn’t want Roland’s burial to go without respect from F1 itself.
@tjitse3916
@tjitse3916 Жыл бұрын
Hadn’t watched it yet went commenting, but seemingly I was correct given the point made later in de clip.
@redfruit1968
@redfruit1968 Жыл бұрын
Some drivers did go to both funerals (Berger, Herbert, Frentzen, Brabham and Wendlinger) and Eddie Irvine only went to Roland's. Those drivers who didn't attend Roland's funeral should be ashamed of themselves because the two were spaced out far enough so drivers could attend both. Of course, big shots like Schumacher couldn't be bothered to show up at Roland's funeral because apparently that was beneath them.
@MrDannyboyhall
@MrDannyboyhall Жыл бұрын
Max Moseley went to Roland’s funeral which I think was a lovely thing to do as seemingly nobody else did
@walover165
@walover165 Жыл бұрын
​@@redfruit1968 Schumacher didn't attend either funeral. He visited both graves privately later. He wasn't comfortable with public mourning.
@F1Krazy
@F1Krazy Жыл бұрын
I've always considered Ratzenberger's death to be a tragic paradox. On the one hand, the fact that he died at the same weekend as Senna means he will always be remembered, more so than many other drivers to have died in the sport. On the other hand, he's only ever remembered in the context of Senna's death, as a prelude to a much larger tragedy rather than a tragedy in his own right.
@damoncuccia788
@damoncuccia788 Жыл бұрын
The last part w/ the '94 Lemans Toyota brought back another interesting and grim memory from another driver on that team. Jeff Krosnoff is probably another driver you should look into for a future video.
@michiadams
@michiadams Жыл бұрын
I had the same thought. It's crazy how things are sometimes connected by pure coincidence. Krosnoff was also racing in Japan, got his big break at a rather old age in getting into CART for 1996 and also past away in his first season racing there, before he was able to show his true talent.
@hprees1
@hprees1 Жыл бұрын
Came here to say the same. The marshals name was Gary Avrin. It's a really bad crash made so much worse through poor design and construction.
@RRaquello
@RRaquello Жыл бұрын
@@hprees1 Do you mean bad design & construction of the car or the race track? At the time there was much comment on the design of the track, because I believe Krosnoff ended up hitting a tree. There was a fence in front of the tree but it wasn't strong enough to hold back the car.
@karter95
@karter95 11 ай бұрын
I had just came to mention Jeff Krosnoff. That accident was frankly one of the most brutal racing accidents I had ever witnessed on TV. It was one you just knew even before the announcement.
@Logoooo
@Logoooo Жыл бұрын
Didn't know about Anthony Reid's story, thank you for sharing it!
@JoshuaC923
@JoshuaC923 Жыл бұрын
Whenever Senna's death is mentioned,i always think back about Roland's death. Rip
@donbrashsux
@donbrashsux Жыл бұрын
Yes me too .. two very sad deaths will always mark that day in F1 history
@rajjy1976
@rajjy1976 Жыл бұрын
I was in a boutique shop on Chiswick high street on a lovely summer day with my uncle, when I heard on the shop radio that someone had been killed during qualifying and I was frozen, as no one had been killed during my time as an F1 fan. Crazy how you remember in such detail certain points in your life innit.
@greyone40
@greyone40 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Never knew about him saving another Driver's life in Japan. I remember well the race day when Senna died. My brother and I were driving with a friend on race day, and had the VCR set to record the race to watch later. We hadn't known about Roland's death the day before. We made joking comments about how long Senna would last in this race, because he had crashed out of the race while leading so many times already that year. What a horror to come home and find out what had happened (unknown to us) while we had been away. It is true that no one had thought about death in F1 at the time. It was a dangerous complacence among the teams and fans. We hadn't seen a death since Paletti. I remember the first time seeing the new Nürburgring track with its beautiful gravel traps and thinking how wonderful it was going to be that drivers could make a mistake and not die for it. Sid Watkins' book "Life at the Limit" is a good read.
@robertisler8557
@robertisler8557 Жыл бұрын
Roland will never be forgotten, because it was the weekend Senna died. Its tragic, but I think without that only the hardcore fans would remember…
@typeoddnamehere2362
@typeoddnamehere2362 Жыл бұрын
If it's any consolation, apparently Senna didn't. After his fatal crash, there was apparently a rolled up Austrian flag found in the cockpit of his car.
@that.guy11
@that.guy11 Жыл бұрын
Disagree; he was still the first F1 driver to be killed in an accident for 8 years, and the first for 12 years at a GP weekend. It was a profound shock at a time when the sport was starting to believe it was properly safe. Senna dying the following day only amplified a wake-up call that had already happened. If Roland had been the only fatality that weekend he'd be a prominent figure in F1's history
@RECEPTOR17
@RECEPTOR17 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this one Aidan. Another one that is oft forgotten is Riccardo Paletti's death in his second ever F1 race in 1982. Ironically it was at Montreal, on the circuit that would be named after the more famous F1 death that year, Gilles Villeneuve.
@walover165
@walover165 Жыл бұрын
Or poor Elio de Angelis, killed in testing in 1986 because back then they thought testing was safer and didn't need all the attendant fire marshals and medical staff of a grand prix weekend.
@freakysquirrel7218
@freakysquirrel7218 Жыл бұрын
I knew it was a brutal impact but I did not expect twice the amount of G-Forces Bianchi received... F1 (and other motsports) lost many promising young drivers like Ratzenberger and they should not be forgotten. R.I.P Roland, du wirst nicht vergessen werden...
@neildaniel8232
@neildaniel8232 Жыл бұрын
Roland isn't forgotten by me at all. Whenever the anniversary of that weekend comes round I always have a brief pause and collect my thoughts at each moment of the whole weekend: Barrichello's close shave, Ratzenberger's fatal crash, Senna's fatal crash. A very well done video BTW, few people knew the crash was a mechanical failure of the front wing and presume it was driver error. Today a sensor would have picked up the loss of downforce and the whole thing could have been avoided.
@tosehoed123
@tosehoed123 Жыл бұрын
Well they did the same with Alonso anyways, he luckily didn't die from it though
@EspadaMK
@EspadaMK Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this at my Grandad’s house, then knowing that another driver would die on the Sunday in the race. An absolutely tragic weekend that F1 should never forget.
@y_fam_goeglyd
@y_fam_goeglyd Жыл бұрын
It's always hard to say I "liked" this video (and others of the same ilk). I do, however, appreciate the information and the respectful manner which you never fail to achieve under such circumstances, so I give the thumbs up for two reasons (especially as I watched every session that was shown back then, so there are parts of the weekend which are like photos in my memory. I have a weird memory). 1) out of appreciation for your time and effort, along with your respect. 2) the other is for Roland. It seems only in the last few years that his name is being said - it was like for 20+ years he hadn't existed (it started the day after he died). Thumbs up to the young man who had such a potentially great career ahead of himself. You've never really been forgotten.
@extremegrieferbible
@extremegrieferbible Жыл бұрын
"Witnessing the death of a fellow competitor during a Formula 1 weekend was something not a single driver on that entry list had experienced." *That is actually incorrect. Michele Alboreto and Andrea de Cesaris, who competed in this weekend, were also competitors in the two 1982 weekends where Gilles Villeneuve and Riccardo Paletti were killed.*
@stuartholding6067
@stuartholding6067 Жыл бұрын
I knew Roland from working with him at Silverstone so his death was a much bigger shock to me than Senna's the following day. Never knew the circumstances of the accident though so thank you for the video.
@CrispinHands
@CrispinHands Жыл бұрын
Can you tell more about your relationship with Roland?thank you
@stuartholding6067
@stuartholding6067 Жыл бұрын
@@CrispinHands I worked at the circuit as a photographer (from roughly '85 to 00) so I would be here and there depending on what was on at the time - corporate days, testing, that sort of thing. Roland was one of the people that would be around (as were many others) I just found him easy to talk to (plenty you couldn't say that about) and we'd 'do small talk' if our circles interacted. No more than that really.
@CrispinHands
@CrispinHands Жыл бұрын
​@@stuartholding6067 you had a chance to communicate with him🙏. it’s very sad that he died, because he went to his goal more than 10 years you didn't take a photo of him or maybe you have photo with him?
@stuartholding6067
@stuartholding6067 Жыл бұрын
@@CrispinHands No, no photographs or anything like that. He was just a pleasant bloke that I came across now and again and we'd do small talk. There were an awful lot of people at the circuit at that time who went on to greater things - as well as the bigger names of the era obviously.
@biscuitcase83
@biscuitcase83 Жыл бұрын
​​​​@@stuartholding6067 never met him but relatives of mine did. They have very fond memories of him that they shared with me. He was very well liked, softly spoken, highly driven to succeed in a sport he adored even though he had limited finances and support. He loved working on his race cars...very handy with a set of mechanics tools. David Brabham's story about Roland's intuition about the shoddy brakes is a great example of how technical minded he was when it came to knowing how a car should feel. He was also apparently quite the charmer, ladies adored him, and I can see why! He had a lovely smile
@JustinAH
@JustinAH Жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Roland, that was a dark weekend and a dark year in racing. I couldn't help but notice the Jeff Krosnoff name towards end of video, another tragedy just a few years away.
@d_cave486
@d_cave486 Жыл бұрын
Mentioning Roland and Johnny's working-class upbringing, it really would be interesting to research what other F1 drivers throughout history came from more modest upbringings, since there probably haven't been all that many as motor racing had been the sport of the well-off from its very beginning...
@thedukeofbork3147
@thedukeofbork3147 Жыл бұрын
Nigel Mansell for a start.
@gregmac8268
@gregmac8268 Жыл бұрын
Excellent work again Aidan, Roland won't be forgotten, not as long as we have people like us remembering him.
@Simon_Hawkshaw
@Simon_Hawkshaw Жыл бұрын
Another talent taken too soon. Thank you for this tribute to this mostly forgotten driver.
@Bitterman5868
@Bitterman5868 Жыл бұрын
The morbid part of that picture at the end, is that Jeff Krosnoff would die tragically in Toronto during CART's first race there after the Split, 2 years after that pic was taken.
@nkandukataya2813
@nkandukataya2813 Жыл бұрын
Such topics will always be difficult to talk about. You handled this exceptionally well. Keep up the stellar work Aidan
@CrunchyMotorsport
@CrunchyMotorsport Жыл бұрын
I find it odd that Senna and Ratzenberger saved a life each and then died the day after each other. It is morbidly poetic.
@MJW59
@MJW59 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant as usual, the only gripe I have about your videos is that they're not long enough. 🤙
@slowerthinker
@slowerthinker Жыл бұрын
Being in my mid 40s now, I'd been watching F1 since '86. Ratzenberger getting killed was a massive shock that weekend. Like all the drivers on the grid, I had never experienced a driver fatality and as far as I was concerned it was something that only happened in ye olden days when life was in black and white and you could buy a house for half a crown.
@learningtoride1714
@learningtoride1714 Жыл бұрын
I remember Roland in the BTCC before he went to F1. He was awesome there.
@Gnrnrvids
@Gnrnrvids Жыл бұрын
Very nicely done Aidan. You have a knack for covering these things in a way that neither dramatises nor minimises the event. Very classy one could say. Thank you for your efforts.
@MrPilberg
@MrPilberg Жыл бұрын
Nice touch leaving Roland’s name on the car. Sadly Krosnof was killed a few years later in the most violent crash I saw live in tv. RIP to all the drivers.
@dominicarcherk
@dominicarcherk Жыл бұрын
Story Time Pitch: with the Indy 500 coming up I think you should do A story on IndyCar's version of the 1994 San Marino GP....the 1973 Indy 500!
@seo8585
@seo8585 Жыл бұрын
Thank you dir Flint this! Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
@simonkevnorris
@simonkevnorris Жыл бұрын
I was sitting in the Tosa stands on the Saturday morning with some friends from the UK. Both Simteks went off at the corner and as part of rejoining the track both drove over the high inner curbs (they must have had bad turning circles or the track is narrow at that point). We fortunately moved to Variante Alta in the afternoon and missed Ratzenberger's crash. For the Sunday I was sitting at Rivazza with some Italian friends so missed that accident as well. On the flight back to the UK I sat next to one of the Simtek mechanics and we ended up talking about races from the past. After we landed I said to the guy "I hope you didn't mind talking about racing" and he said he was quite happy to have done so. I did see him in the paddock at Silverstone but thigs were a bit busy. I bumped into him again on the Thursday at Spa and he invited me into the pits. I enjoyed the tour and was let lose in the paddock but I didn't even have a race program to get signed!
@hugoagogo9435
@hugoagogo9435 Жыл бұрын
Makes me actually feel guilty watching this for never really paying to much attention to Roland’s tragedy over the years. I remember it well as it was first death in f1 since I got into the sport. But with Senna the next day it pretty much put poor Roland to the back of mind. Being a teenager at time I don’t think I fully appreciated how final either tragedy was and as time has went on it’s always been about Senna that weekend. What an unlucky guy yet a way more talented driver than I realised. Thanks for pointing out his earlier successes as I had no idea he was of just such high calibre
@Sammie_Sorrelly
@Sammie_Sorrelly Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. Ratzenberger's death has been mentioned so many times as a footnote to Senna's; this account of why Roland *himself* matters and deserves to be remembered is richly deserved and wonderfully delivered.
@sebasgon89
@sebasgon89 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about Roland, he'll never be forgotten!
@ingopaul67
@ingopaul67 Жыл бұрын
I will always remember that terrible weekend and Roland is never forgotten.
@MrReese
@MrReese Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for making this video, I am from Austria myself but was a kid when this happened and while there are countless videos about Senna's accident, the one of Ratzenberger is usually a footnote or used in a way to contribute to the story of Senn's fatal crash.
@bulversteher
@bulversteher Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Greetings from Austria.
@TheDogBoy
@TheDogBoy Жыл бұрын
Another quality vid
@JohnSmithShields
@JohnSmithShields Жыл бұрын
Excellent homage to Roberto Moreno in the build up. In all seriousness, this hit just like the FW16 video did, and the storytime episode about the team. Any other time he would be remembered like other drivers taken too early. Unfortunately the following day happened. Excellent work as always. Thank you.
@angellawry
@angellawry Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Sobering. Here’s to Roland
@soundscape26
@soundscape26 Жыл бұрын
This was the first time I saw Ratzemberger's crash explained with so much detail, so thanks for that.
@colinboone9920
@colinboone9920 Жыл бұрын
First time I've ever heard anyone talk about this guy. All I ever knew was that "a driver was killed the day before Senna in qualifying," but I never even knew his name. Thank you for putting these together. Sad story, sounds like a wonderful man.
@roberthertel5565
@roberthertel5565 Жыл бұрын
I remember that horrible weekend, Thanks for making this video.
@Ultegra10SPD
@Ultegra10SPD Жыл бұрын
Sadly Jeff Krosnoff was also killed in hideous circumstances on live television in an indycar race a couple yrs later. -U10
@YTSsport
@YTSsport Жыл бұрын
That weekend is one of my earliest memories of F1. Crazy to think how long ago it were and that without these tragedies that F1 wouldn't be as safe as it is today. Such things as the HANS device might not be used in F1.
@R9naldo
@R9naldo Жыл бұрын
HANS device was already invented in 1990... it was introduced to F1 in 2003, 9 years after Imola '94. Clearly Imola '94 had very little to do with it. It took so long because the device had to be made smaller but still be effective
@YTSsport
@YTSsport Жыл бұрын
@@R9naldo After major racing safety companies declined to produce the product, Hubbard and Downing formed Hubbard Downing Inc., to develop, manufacture, sell and promote the HANS in 1990. However, the product languished until 1994, when Formula One showed interest in the wake of the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna. So without these fatalities then it might not be around today in F1.
@nervo6321
@nervo6321 3 ай бұрын
30 years on I haven’t forgotten the handsome charismatic young man , that was Roland Ratzenberger.
@KayDizzelVids
@KayDizzelVids Жыл бұрын
No replay of Roland hitting the exist or at least I don’t think so. The only footage I’ve seen is his wrecked Simtek coming to a stop and his head rolling around as you said. From that alone, I knew Roland died on impact and the race should have been cancelled.
@iannock5948
@iannock5948 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching it live, and it's how you described, no footage of the crash, just the tragic images of the car coming to a rest...
@brakel8r
@brakel8r Жыл бұрын
Ive never forgotten. Without the Ratzenberger's of the world...there are no Senna's. Rest in peace you 4 wheeled warriors
@giacatollo
@giacatollo Жыл бұрын
I just shed tears to your tribute.😪
@marksimpson2689
@marksimpson2689 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Aidan, Max Mosleys comment says so much. A very nice piece on him.
@kievmiddeton2656
@kievmiddeton2656 Жыл бұрын
Ruben crash was epic also! It’s a blessing there wasn’t 3 deaths that weekend!
@weslittlereptilefamily3418
@weslittlereptilefamily3418 Жыл бұрын
This is why you're the best F1 youtuber. Deep dives. Love u dude
@AjG007
@AjG007 Жыл бұрын
No one who is an F1 follower and lover of my and will ever forget the death of Roland Ratzenberger. I remember all too well that fateful weekend.
@markusjuenemann
@markusjuenemann Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Aidan! Just thank you!
@blue2sco
@blue2sco Жыл бұрын
Remember watching this tragic weekend 😢
@seo8585
@seo8585 Жыл бұрын
Sorry autokorrektur! Thank you for doing this!
@CAL1MBO
@CAL1MBO Жыл бұрын
You can't compare lateral Gs with vertical Gs; such as those experienced in a fighter aircraft. Vertical Gs put a strong load on the spine and draw blood from the head, or vice versa. Lateral Gs can be easier compensated for by supporting the body, allowing the seat to take load off the body.
@markb5710
@markb5710 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the coverage of Roland. I was at Imola that weekend, and remember both Senna and Ratzenbergers crashes well. Ratzenberger was very ragged the lap before he crashed and all over the kerbs at the top of the hill. As you said there was also the massive crash for Barrichello, but there were two other serious accidents; At the race start Lehto's Benneton was hit by Lamy and bits of car and a wheel went into the grandstand disabled seating area just below where I was. There was chaos as the spectators were (eventually) helped while the restart procedure went on. Then after Senna's accident and the restart, a rear wheel came off Alboretto's car in the pit lane bowling down the mechanics in the next pit boxes. I have a photo of Gerhard Berger standing in the pit lane pleading with race control to stop the race after that. They didn't, but to be honest, with the local traffic and the medical helicopter still away from the circuit (I think) it was probably better to get the injured out of the circuit by car and that would have been impossible if they had abandoned the race.
@Vorgaloth
@Vorgaloth Жыл бұрын
In 2013 I was working in Los Angeles picking up computer equipment. At the front desk was a young woman with the last name Ratzenberger. We were having a friendly chat as I was getting the equipment but her name was stuck on my mind. As I was about to leave, I said to her "This may be an odd question, but you wouldn't happen to be related to Roland the F1 driver?" She had a surprised look on her face, and had a slight pause before she answered with "Yes... He was my uncle." I had such a strange "Wow!" feeling come over me. What are the odds? I told her that I was 11 years old that weekend (just before my birthday May 3) and saw both tragedies on TV and that Ayrton was my hero at the time. As a young boy, witnessing that had a profound effect on me. She told me that she only has a couple of memories of him cuz she was so young at the time but that her family still misses him a lot. Having those emotions come back but in a more connected way was a unique experience for me. I shook her hand and said thank you for the talk. She was very nice. Thank you for making this video. RIP Roland and Ayrton.
@yudhabagaskara98
@yudhabagaskara98 Жыл бұрын
So basically, she and Bruno Senna had a very different outcomes. One is a former F1 driver for three seasons and the another worked for a computer equipment
@Vorgaloth
@Vorgaloth Жыл бұрын
@@yudhabagaskara98 Yeah. So what?
@ProStriker92
@ProStriker92 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorites "if" in motorsports is what happened if Roland survived. He previously had a great career in Japan so after the F1 he could be a driver for any Formula Nippon, JGTC, and JTCC team, plus still taking part of Toyota efforts at Le Mans in the 90s. RIP Roland.
@tourmaline07
@tourmaline07 Жыл бұрын
From what I knew Roland was a very popular driver in the paddock and really well respected despite being at one of the lower teams . There's a clip of him appearing in a Children's BBC show in the 80s at Roland the Rat somewhere
@RRaquello
@RRaquello Жыл бұрын
He probably would have ended up in CART in the US. He was exactly the type of driver who ended up in that series after the IndyCar split-an underfunded European driver who couldn't afford a long career in F1.
@tomastoth4018
@tomastoth4018 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know even Jeff Krosnoff raced in Le Mans. His fatal crash is the most terrifying I've ever seen.
@Dannzt
@Dannzt Жыл бұрын
Great video. Just a sidenote, Alboreto and De Cesaris were on the grid in 1982 when Gilles Villeneuve and Riccardo Paletti was killed
@kevinhough5960
@kevinhough5960 Жыл бұрын
Informative video. I remember that dreadful weekend as if yesterday.
@Gatotsu2009
@Gatotsu2009 Жыл бұрын
I always remember Max Mosley saying "it was important someone show to his funeral". Imola 94 was a low point of F1 due to greed. Italy law at the time mandate that a death in any sport cancelled the event but his death was confirmed outside the track so the race went on.
@Slikx666
@Slikx666 Жыл бұрын
We will not forget even when other have. Well done Aidan for another memorial video.
@charamia9402
@charamia9402 3 ай бұрын
Rewarching this today as tribute to Ratzenberger 30 years on.
@rwddesign879
@rwddesign879 Жыл бұрын
At the end of the vid you showed the names on the roof of his would-be Toyota, and I immediately recognized another forgotten driver. Jeff Krosnoff was killed in the Toronto Indy two years later, sadly. I actually had no idea that he was an LM contender, let alone that they scored the class win that year with a second overall position. A nice tribute to Roland, I'm sure there were dedications made at the time.
@billgulker6187
@billgulker6187 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding discussion on a very sad story. Like many others, I remember the weekend vividly however knew little about Roland and the details of the tragedy. I think I actually knew more about Rubens Barrichello’s crash. Probably since the crash was so spectacular. Sad really.
@gdogg3710
@gdogg3710 Жыл бұрын
Normally if a car looks quick, it is quick…the Simtek with a semi auto gearbox, an upgraded Ford V8 and a few other Benetton cast offs was a top ten runner at some rounds in 1995 with Jos before the team folded…
@AidanMillward
@AidanMillward Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how many teams ended up with Benetton cast offs around that time.
@gdogg3710
@gdogg3710 Жыл бұрын
@@AidanMillward haha. Ligier even got Frank Dernie in addition to all the car parts…which was a sharp departure to eighteen or so months earlier when it was Williams sending them enough bits to let them qualify 3rd and 4th at France 1993 and thus afloat and their engines out of the clutches of…Benetton…
@AidanMillward
@AidanMillward Жыл бұрын
@@gdogg3710 Tom Walkinshaw had his fingers in a lot of pies.
@jds6206
@jds6206 Жыл бұрын
Well done. Respectful and informative. Auto racing, any level, is risky business. Today's F1 can lull viewers into thinking it is low-risk, when it is not.
@philnorbury9032
@philnorbury9032 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for that pure class.
@stemuhl
@stemuhl Жыл бұрын
A nightmare F1 weekend. Absolutely tragic.
@SiVlog1989
@SiVlog1989 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching "The Last Team Mate," which looked at both Damon Hill and David Brabham in terms of how that terrible weekend panned out from their inside view, when he raised the question of would people remember Roland if Ayrton Senna hadn't lost his life that same weekend, he reckoned that people probably wouldn't remember him long term
@AidanMillward
@AidanMillward Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've got a direct line to David and have many questions I'd like to ask but he's busy and I'm busy XD
@SiVlog1989
@SiVlog1989 Жыл бұрын
@Aidan Millward one of the other things I remember him talking about in that documentary was his decision to continue after Roland's accident. He said that his decision had nothing to do with himself, it was more to do with the team. Even though he spun out of the race, he noted how the atmosphere on the team seemed to lift ever so slightly (obviously they felt Roland's loss most acutely, but it kept the team motivated after that tragic hammer blow to the then fledgling team)
@ManxAndy
@ManxAndy Жыл бұрын
I’ve never forgotten the name Roland Ratzenberger….many times when friends or work colleagues who have an interest in F1 talk about Senna, and his accident, I always remind them that sadly the day before, an up and coming talent also died that weekend, but his name is sadly overshadowed and forgotten ….RIP Roland 😔
@photodave219
@photodave219 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this.
@nikitamedvedev4696
@nikitamedvedev4696 Жыл бұрын
The whole Imola race week was cursed. First Barichello crashed on Friday and almost died. Later Saturday with Ratzenberger fatal crash and the next day finished of Senna tragic death to finish that crazy combo. Plus Wendlinger crash in Monaco next race already was already showing how unstable cars in 1994 were without driver aids.
@chrisclermont456
@chrisclermont456 Жыл бұрын
Always a well produced and thoughtful video, Aiden. Roland Ratzenbetger has not been forgotten perhaps ironically because Ayrton Senna died during the same event. It is chilling that one of the drivers RR would have partnered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans was Jeff Krossnof who would also lose his life in a freakish wreck during an IndyCar race in Canada!!
@704Productions
@704Productions Жыл бұрын
Thank you Aiden.
@biscuitcase83
@biscuitcase83 Жыл бұрын
I was watching live as a 10 year old and I will never forget it. I knew he was dead immediately, his head slowly tipped back when the car stopped and I think everyone watching just knew he was gone. I knew about Roland before he made it to F1, relatives of mine knew him from his earlier racing career here in the UK. He even appeared in a television skit with kid's puppet character Roland the Rat (because of his name of course), which was very funny and he was a great sport to have the mick taken out of him. His death affected me very deeply, no driver had died during a race weekend in 12 years...before I was even born. Even in the minutes before the crash, the commentary was praising how safe F1 and the cars had become...it was surreal to see how wrong they were so suddenly. He was someone I was really rooting for because he had worked so hard to make it despite not hsving much financial support or sponsorships. As a big Senna fan also, his death broke me even more. I stopped watching F1 for a few years, I couldn't bring myself to watch after seeing two drivers die in front of my very eyes. It was only last year I managed to finally watch the Senna documentary, it was the very first time I'd seen either crash again since that horrible weekend in 1994. I'm so glad Roland is remembered even now and getting the recognition and tributes he deserves. Senna's death, although it overshadowed Roland's, also keeps his memory alive as an important part of such a tragic weekend
@shieldaigbencher
@shieldaigbencher Жыл бұрын
That trippy music at the beginning is not best suited to the subject but you did pull it back with your respectful commentary.
@chrisccc22
@chrisccc22 Жыл бұрын
I never forgot it. I watched it live on a TV feed from EU. Believe it or not we had them back then. Then Senna right after.
@glenchapman3899
@glenchapman3899 Жыл бұрын
I always remember the following race at Monaco, where grid position 1 and 2 were left empty as a memory to these two drivers. Probably the most subdued start to a GP I can ever remember seeing.
@davefloyd9443
@davefloyd9443 Жыл бұрын
My girlfriend and I werebhouse sitting for her friendseds parrents house that weekend. They had Eurosport on cable t.v. so we watched all the qualifying and the race that weekend. Videoed it all too. Utterly shocking, will never forget that weekend
@RobJaskula
@RobJaskula Жыл бұрын
Mark Blundell's 122g crash in CART in Rio was an incredible impact. On adrenaline and broken legs he managed to climb out of the car and walk a couple of steps.
@73edg
@73edg Жыл бұрын
I watched the whole weekend on tv. F1 was and still is a tv sport. Saw the Barrichello accident, had a bad feeling about it, saw Ratzenberger’s head slumped in the cockpit and heard that eerie silence after a heavy crash, saw the crash at the start of Sunday and then saw Senna go off and his head moving after that crash thinking he was going to get out, saw the blood on the ground as in those days tv cameras kept rolling and broadcasting and knew it was all over. No you cannot claim that Ratzenberger’s death is forgotten as that weekend is always on my mind when a new F1 weekend starts.
@simontravers2715
@simontravers2715 Жыл бұрын
That Anthony Reid story was so touching, never knew about that. Roland Ratzenberger was among the must overlooked drivers ever, from a nation that gave us Lauda, Rindt, Berger, Klien and Wendlinger no less. 🇦🇹
@bryemycaz
@bryemycaz Жыл бұрын
There was one driver on the grid that weekend who was also at the Canadian GP in 1982 when Riccardo Paletti died. Andrea De Cesaris.
@Dannzt
@Dannzt Жыл бұрын
And Michele Alboreto
@RRaquello
@RRaquello Жыл бұрын
I always think of Paletti as the saddest of F1 fatalities. A very young, inexperienced driver, in way over his head because the people funding his career pushed him in too quickly. I don't think he even got to the starting line. A very depressing story.
@Jon.Cullen
@Jon.Cullen Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as it happened. There was a camera above Tamburello which briefly caught the Simtek coming through, then the front wing breaking off and getting trapped under the front wheels. The TV director obviously didn't pick up on this as the car went out of view, but I knew instantly that the car was going to crash, but not with the violence and consequence that ensued. It is also worth noting the instance of Barichello's crash. He hit the kerb, launched the car and hit the tyre wall in what seemed like a blink of a second, but I'm pretty sure there was some on board footage at the time that showed that from launching the car towards the barrier, Rubens had the reflexes to take his hand off the wheel and cover the front of his helmet before impact. That has always been image that I will never forget.
@costasantos469
@costasantos469 Жыл бұрын
great video as always
@TiffanyRyeMarston
@TiffanyRyeMarston Жыл бұрын
That version of Imola was absolutely terrifying on just the layout alone. Plus given how unstable the cars where. That whole weekend was cursed.
@soundscape26
@soundscape26 Жыл бұрын
It was a better layout than what we have now... only the Acque Minerali chicane was arguable worse. As for the section of the track where this happened, it's not that different from what you see at Jeddah for instance... the difference is the all around much improved safety standards we have nowadays.
@TiffanyRyeMarston
@TiffanyRyeMarston Жыл бұрын
@@soundscape26 oh for sure it was a much better layout. I love the old layout with that long sweeping left. That’s a good point Jeddah does have old school imola vibes
@AidanMillward
@AidanMillward Жыл бұрын
It was bumpy as hell too. As mentioned during the last video when Senna’s car was bouncing around and on the edge of breaking traction
@R9naldo
@R9naldo Жыл бұрын
@@soundscape26 thing is they could have raced that layout just fine in '94. At both Tamburello and Villenueve, bring the wall right up to the track to eliminate the crash angle (keep it concrete, tyre barriers throw tyres everywhere) OR turn one or both into a chicane if eliminating the crash angle doesn't work. I'm pretty sure those things had been done before 1994. However ECCLESTONE and the FIA are the reason why we dont have Ratzenberger or Senna today. Greedy and money hungry, and not willing to spend money on safety improvements that were known to the drivers
@mpainter22
@mpainter22 Жыл бұрын
For anyone who doesn't know or understand how good Roland was, BTCC Donington Park 1988 Rd 4. The car he was driving is still owned by the Minshaw family and i believe it runs today as #44 in tribute to Roland
@AidanMillward
@AidanMillward Жыл бұрын
The race is on KZfaq. At least, it was.
@mpainter22
@mpainter22 Жыл бұрын
@@AidanMillward the whole season is, Roland and Win Percy went god mode that day
@crazyfrog9877
@crazyfrog9877 Жыл бұрын
I wasn’t born in 94 so I have no connection to this era. But every time when I hear or read the name ratzenberger I get goosebumps. Thank you for remembering him.
@michaellakinloch5371
@michaellakinloch5371 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@heintmeyer2296
@heintmeyer2296 Жыл бұрын
The description of the cause of Ratzenberger's crash brought back a memory. Around 2010, at the Oregon Trail Rally, I witnessed Ken Block suffer a fairly serious crash on the special stage at Portland International Raceway, which utilized part of the racetrack and service roads around the complex. The light pod detached, became stuck under the front wheels, and they ran directly into a large landscaping boulder. Block and codriver Alex Gelsamino were taken away on back boards, but without serious injury. Despite all the work on safety, danger lurks.
@operation4wheelz
@operation4wheelz Жыл бұрын
I feel like at the time Roland was forgotten. But I think these day we remember that weekend for both of them.
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